A paradox of hovering insects in two-dimensional space

DOI10.1017/S0022112008003923zbMath1159.76063MaRDI QIDQ3601019

Makoto Iima

Publication date: 9 February 2009

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

incompressible Navier-Stokes equationshydrodynamic forcegeneralized Blasius formulatime-averaged far-field flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Biomechanics (92C10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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